Christmas Season 2025/2026 -The Tenth Day of Christmas: Eggnog, Livvy, Old Fashioned, Mom

 Saturday, January 3, 2026

Had some eggnog left. Added a splash of rum. It was delicious and the eggnog to rum ratio was perfect. 

Listened to a little Livvy. 

Dale and I went to lunch at The Howe. I had an Old Fashioned. It's nice to be feeling well enough to have a cocktail. 

Dale and I went to visit Mom at the hospital. It was my first time there since she was admitted on Sunday. They use this chair to help move to her lounge chair. She's doing well. 

Christmas Season 2023/2024 - 10th Day of Christmas: My Christmas Craft

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The 10th Day of Christmas - Ten Lords A-Leaping

Tonight I made my own Christmas craft. It was about as easy to make as it could possibly get. 

                          

You put some sugar in a canning jar and stick a Peep in it. I went with the Christmas tree Peep. 

It made Sylvester quite curious. He's curious about many of the things I've been setting out but he usually loses interest pretty quickly. Except for the tree. He knows knawing on the branches pisses us off but he only really does it to let us know he's getting hungry. Our boy knows how to get a reaction. 

Christmas Season 2023/2024 - 10th Day of Christmas: The Porch

 Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The 10th Day of Christmas - Ten Lords A-Leaping

Exhausted upon my return from work so I built a fire. 

                     

What you'd see on our porch. 

Christmas Season 2022/2023 - 10th Day of Christmas: Keeping Christmas

Tuesday, January 3, 2022

Back to work today after an awesome 17-day Christmas vacation and still keeping the Christmas spirit.

Christmas Season 2022/2023 - 9th Day of Christmas: Decorating

Monday, January 2, 2023

Haven't done as much decorating as usual this year and that's okay. That said, I pulled out the feather tree today. 

Christmastide 2020: The 10th Day of Christmas - Maple Pecan Bundt Cake

Sunday, January 3, 2021

I needed a project to distract me from having to go back to work tomorrow. This  did the trick and it turned out really well too.  

The recipe is from Nigella Lawson's book 

It takes some attention to detail to make but it's well worth it. The batter is very firm and hard to spread out over the maple pecan filling. 

It made the house smell great as it was baking and cooling.  

I haven't made this for a number of years. It makes for a wonderful Christmas cake. 

Dinner was a most delicious lasagne. 

Christmastide 2020: The 10th Day of Christmas - Irish Cream

Sunday, January 3, 2021

A little Irish cream before I start my dry January tomorrow. 

The kings are approaching the manger scene in the dining room. 

Athena enjoys a Sunday siesta. 

The Tenth Day of Christmas - Mike and Charisse

Friday, January 3, 2020

Had Mike and Charisse over tonight on this the tenth day of Christmas. Dale hasn't seen them as recently as I have so it was nice to catch up. Dale made an amazing chili with Italian sausage that went over very well. We had cherry pie for dessert and I found out that Mike grew up preferring birthday pies as opposed to cakes just like I did. We're all doing dry January and it's going well for everyone. We're all finding that we're missing the rituals of drinking more so than the drinking itself. 

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Tenth Day of Christmas - Unpacking

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Early morning hot tub with John. Dale and I had breakfast at IHOP. 

Then to Brenda and Irv's for some unpacking and lunch at IHOP too. Target run to pick up some stuff for the new apartment. 

Cocktails and dinner at John and Dianne's.